The app can be downloaded free of charge from the App- und Play Store. To ensure a fair gameplay, only members of the RPTU can register in the app.

The app acts as a "referee" and determines the points that players collect for their house. Points, called coins, can be earned through three levels of play: Quickies, Weeklies and Events.

QUICKIES

Quickies are games that can be played at any time, but only digitally in the app. There are two games to choose from: the quiz with questions about the world of knowledge, and a donkey race, a quick-tip game where you have to get your donkey to the finish line faster than the computer with the help of a whip and a carrot.

WEEKLIES

The so-called Weeklies are tasks that are unlocked for a week at a time, with the main purpose of promoting exercise. Each week there is a new challenge that covers different levels of exercise: Coin Collector, Mr. Z, Scavenger Hunt and Sports Courses. For the Coin Collector, virtual coins are distributed on the campuses in Kaiserslautern and Landau respectively, which students can collect each day. Those who have collected all the coins get the chance to win a Supercoin. A picture puzzle shows where the extra coin is hidden. 

Since our locations not only border on exciting city centers but also on large forest areas, the competition also includes an adventurous scavenger hunt. By solving small puzzles in the app, players* get clues to the next location they are looking for. Once there, and registered by the app via GPS, the next puzzle and coins for their points account await them. All in all, this is a playful way to complete a considerable hike or bike ride.

EVENTS

The events - the opening battle and the grand finale - are games in which players compete face-to-face for points, i.e. without a smartphone.

At the end of the four weeks, the house with the most points wins. Our idea is to make people want to move in a relaxed way, and thus to use the game to bring more movement into everyday life. The games are designed in such a way that the behavior during the game (sports courses, walks) can easily be implemented in everyday life after the game. The exact rules of the game can be found here: Game instructions.

Even scientifically based evaluations show that Campus Games helps to increase exercise in everyday life. Even after the game was over, it had a positive impact on the active players*.